Buxarबक्सर
17.1 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 17,06,352 (17.1 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Buxar
₹4,283 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Buxar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Buxar · PLP 2023-24
₹4,283 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,617 cr
MSME
₹1,513 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹580 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹175 cr
Buxar's 2023-24 credit plan estimates about ₹4,283 crore of priority-sector lending potential. Farming and its allied lines make up the bulk at ₹2,510 crore (about 59%), while small and medium businesses (MSME) account for ₹1,513 crore (about 35%) — a large slice because the district is industrially backward and NABARD wants to change that.
The single biggest opportunity is crop lending at ₹1,617 crore (38% of the plan), built on paddy and wheat — Buxar is a leading paddy and tomato grower. Beyond crops, the standout clusters are dairy (₹133 crore of term loans, backed by 800 dairy societies but no big dairy plant yet), farm mechanisation (₹116 crore), minor irrigation/water resources (₹114 crore), and food & agro processing (₹86 crore) on top of 535 existing rice/flour/oil units. Agri storage and market infrastructure adds another ₹175 crore. The plan's headline idea is to build Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and tap central funds like AIF, PMFME and the dairy infrastructure fund to move farmers from subsistence to commercial scale.
The PLP is candid about what holds Buxar back: irrigation is short so yields stay low, there is no dairy factory and very little cold storage, the marketing system is weak, land holdings are tiny and uneconomic, and some blocks (Simri, Chausa, Brahmpur) are arsenic-affected. Fixing storage, processing and market linkages is where new ventures can add the most value.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the anchor at ₹1617.29 cr (38% of the plan); paddy (~90,000 ha, ~4.73 lakh MT in 2021-22) and wheat lead, with Buxar a leading producer of paddy and tomato.
- Form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to aggregate small and marginal farmers, backed by AIF, AMIF (marketing infra), AIHDF (animal husbandry), PMFME (micro food processing) and IDF/DIDF (dairy infra) to industrialise the district.
- Dairy is a thrust cluster (₹132.57 cr term loans) supported by 800 dairy societies and 123 poultry hatcheries; the district has NO large dairy factory yet, so a dairy plant would let farmers realise fair prices.
- Agri-infrastructure ₹175.23 cr, with ₹143.92 cr for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage chains; farm-gate infrastructure is being funded under the central Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
- Food and agro-processing potential of ₹85.60 cr; 535 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea/coffee) processing units with ~750 MT capacity already operate, and rice-milling is a major activity.
- MSME credit potential ₹1513 cr (₹1210.40 cr investment + ₹302.60 cr working capital) to develop an industrially backward district; PACS-as-MSC scheme lets PACS diversify their business.
Gaps the plan names
- Low agricultural productivity driven by irrigation shortage despite fertile alluvial soil; rainfall is highly uncertain.
- No dairy factory, few dairy plants and limited cold storage; only a few rice mills and no large food-processing or cold-storage unit exists in the district.
- Weak, undeveloped marketing system and poor farm-gate/rural infrastructure, plus inadequate value addition, keeping agriculture at subsistence level rather than commercially viable.
- Small, uneconomic and unviable land holdings hold back capital formation in agriculture.
- District is industrially backward, so MSME and industrialisation need a concerted push through central/state schemes and private-sector participation.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the anchor at ₹1617.29 cr (38% of the plan); paddy (~90,000 ha, ~4.73 lakh MT in 2021-22) and wheat lead, with Buxar a leading producer of paddy and tomato.
- Form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to aggregate small and marginal farmers, backed by AIF, AMIF (marketing infra), AIHDF (animal husbandry), PMFME (micro food processing) and IDF/DIDF (dairy infra) to industrialise the district.
- Dairy is a thrust cluster (₹132.57 cr term loans) supported by 800 dairy societies and 123 poultry hatcheries; the district has NO large dairy factory yet, so a dairy plant would let farmers realise fair prices.
- Agri-infrastructure ₹175.23 cr, with ₹143.92 cr for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage chains; farm-gate infrastructure is being funded under the central Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
- Food and agro-processing potential of ₹85.60 cr; 535 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea/coffee) processing units with ~750 MT capacity already operate, and rice-milling is a major activity.
- MSME credit potential ₹1513 cr (₹1210.40 cr investment + ₹302.60 cr working capital) to develop an industrially backward district; PACS-as-MSC scheme lets PACS diversify their business.
Gaps the plan names
- Low agricultural productivity driven by irrigation shortage despite fertile alluvial soil; rainfall is highly uncertain.
- No dairy factory, few dairy plants and limited cold storage; only a few rice mills and no large food-processing or cold-storage unit exists in the district.
- Weak, undeveloped marketing system and poor farm-gate/rural infrastructure, plus inadequate value addition, keeping agriculture at subsistence level rather than commercially viable.
- Small, uneconomic and unviable land holdings hold back capital formation in agriculture.
- District is industrially backward, so MSME and industrialisation need a concerted push through central/state schemes and private-sector participation.
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About Buxar
Buxar district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. Located in the southwestern part of the state, it is a primarily agricultural district. The district headquarters is at the town of Buxar. Buxar district was carved out from Bhojpur district on 17 March 1991.Buxar district is in South western Bihar.
Source: Wikipedia — Buxar district
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